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DEFINITION: v. To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery. n. A person who has difficulty accepting praise.

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Selfuglinate

Created by: MrBlack

Pronunciation: Sel-fug-li-nate

Sentence: Rachel, ever the selfuglinator, met every one of Tommy's somewhat 'provocative' comments with a blank stare.

Etymology: Self meaning oneself, uglinate - to make ugly

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Adulaniet

Created by: pratyushprasan

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Totejtion

Created by: alyssawren

Pronunciation: toat-eck-shun

Sentence: Billy complimented Susie and she totejtioned him. Susie did not believe Billy's comliment was sincere.

Etymology: tot-: all; whole -ejtion: rejection

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Crocadenial

Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: crock-ah-dee-nye-l

Sentence: Always needing to be the center of attention, Liza had perfected the art of crocadenial.

Etymology: croca-crocodile (as in "big fake crocodile tears) denial (which speaks for itself)

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Knockbackoff

Created by: Psychicsi

Pronunciation: nok-bak-off

Sentence: Mandy had to knockbackoff another of her party guests. Yes she was pretty, but she didnt want to come accross as easy.

Etymology: From knock-back (to reject something) and back-off

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Fawnblock

Created by: Maureen

Pronunciation: fawn - block

Sentence: I thought I was on to a hot thing with this chick but she fawnblocked me almost before I got the words out of my mouth.

Etymology: Fawn - to try to win favour. Block - to obstruct.

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Compligrate

Created by: Sarfaraz

Pronunciation: comp...li..grate

Sentence: I felt myself thrown out of the room when my words were compligrated.

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Rekudodiate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: re koodo dee ayt

Sentence: Although she took pains to look gorgeous, Shyanne could only rekudodiate the kind words she heard. Sadly, she did not have enough self-esteem to believe them.

Etymology: repudiate (reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust) & Kudo (an expression of approval and commendation)

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